Which returned more over the last year, QTUM or SCHG?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QTUM returned +50.4% and SCHG returned +12.7%, so QTUM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, QTUM or SCHG?

QTUM charges 0.40% a year and SCHG charges 0.04%, so SCHG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do QTUM and SCHG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 35% of QTUM and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 12% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Are QTUM and SCHG the same kind of fund?

No. QTUM is a thematic ETF and SCHG is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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QTUM vs SCHG: how they differ

Over the year QTUM returned more, +50.4% against +12.7%, and SCHG charges 0.04% against 0.40%.

Defiance Quantum ETF and Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QTUM and SCHG hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions QTUM and SCHG both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	QTUM	SCHG
Microsoft Corp	1.48%	7.18%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc	1.36%	2.94%
Nvidia Corp	1.30%	11.02%
Amazon.com Inc	1.28%	5.68%
Palantir Technologies Inc	1.53%	1.25%
Broadcom Inc	1.16%	4.55%
Alphabet Inc	1.13%	4.76%
Kla Corp	1.01%	0.88%
Cadence Design Systems Inc	0.89%	0.36%
Synopsys Inc	1.03%	0.32%
Snowflake Inc	1.63%	0.31%
Cloudflare Inc	1.66%	0.27%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in QTUM	Only in SCHG
Arqit Quantum Inc 1.82%	Apple Inc 9.84%
Global Unichip Corp 1.82%	Tesla Inc 3.92%
Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd 1.81%	Alphabet Inc 3.78%
Elastic Nv 1.63%	Meta Platforms Inc 3.46%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 1.62%	Eli Lilly & Co 3.06%
Nutanix Inc 1.58%	Visa Inc 1.92%
Radnet Inc 1.54%	Costco Wholesale Corp 1.48%
Ntt Inc 1.47%	Mastercard Inc 1.41%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026.

QTUM and SCHG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	QTUM Defiance Quantum ETF	SCHG Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF
Where it sits	Thematic ETF	Core index fund
Issuer	Defiance	Schwab
What it is	Quantum computing	U.S. Large-Cap Growth
Total return, 1 year	+50.4%	+12.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+32.9 pts	−4.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.04%
Already in the S&P 500	34.8%	95.4%
Holdings	89	193

QTUM in plain words

By weight, 35% of QTUM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 83%. The top ten holdings are 17% of the fund across 89 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 14, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +50.4% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 32.9 pts. It sits 12.5% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

SCHG in plain words

SCHG is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Large-Cap Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 193 positions, with the top ten at 57.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QTUM or SCHG?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QTUM returned +50.4% and SCHG returned +12.7%, so QTUM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, QTUM or SCHG?: QTUM charges 0.40% a year and SCHG charges 0.04%, so SCHG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do QTUM and SCHG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 35% of QTUM and 95% of SCHG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 12% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
Are QTUM and SCHG the same kind of fund?: No. QTUM is a thematic ETF and SCHG is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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